Here is what people are having a hard time accepting:
The Republicans are knowingly and actively shielding and supporting liars and lawbreakers because they want to destroy. The lies and lawbreaking are intended to destroy.
If anyone made these promises, that person lied⤵️
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The Republicans are knowingly and actively shielding and supporting liars and lawbreakers because they want to destroy. The lies and lawbreaking are intended to destroy.
If anyone made these promises, that person lied⤵️
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It seems to me that this is based on a theory that goes like this: We had a lovely democracy and then along came the lawbreaking Republicans. Because they are breaking laws, we can solve the problem through the criminal justice system.
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Two things are happening right now on left media:
(1) People misunderstand the lies and lawbreaking on the right.
(2) People tell their own lies (what I've been calling rage-inducing simplifications) based on a faulty view of history and the nature of the problem.
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(1) People misunderstand the lies and lawbreaking on the right.
(2) People tell their own lies (what I've been calling rage-inducing simplifications) based on a faulty view of history and the nature of the problem.
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I can put this all into a thread again, or I can send you to my videos (transcripts are on my blog).
Start with the pinned tweet. Transcripts for all the videos are on my blog.
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Start with the pinned tweet. Transcripts for all the videos are on my blog.
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Rage-inducing simplifications fit easily into a Tweet, and are then repeated mindlessly as if they are facts.
The truth is more nuanced and complex.
That's why truth loses.
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The truth is more nuanced and complex.
That's why truth loses.
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There is no person who would have had the authority to make such a "promise."
Nobody can promise to make the problem of right-wing extremism would magically disappear.
Right-wing extremism has been gathering force for decades, since Brown v. Board of Education.
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Nobody can promise to make the problem of right-wing extremism would magically disappear.
Right-wing extremism has been gathering force for decades, since Brown v. Board of Education.
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There was, perhaps, hope that exposing the criminality would prompt enough Republicans to jump ship to split or weaken the party.
The problem isn't merely lawbreaking.
The problem is that the lawbreaking is being supported and shielded by a major party with a lot of power.
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The problem isn't merely lawbreaking.
The problem is that the lawbreaking is being supported and shielded by a major party with a lot of power.
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Misidentifying the problem leads people to blame the Democrats for Republican lawbreaking.
If you think all was lovely and then along came a cabal of lawbreakers, it's natural to think the problem is they haven't been prosecuted.
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If you think all was lovely and then along came a cabal of lawbreakers, it's natural to think the problem is they haven't been prosecuted.
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In fact, the Republican Party views our current federal government as illegitimate. (That's part of the desire to dismantle Roe v, Wade and 'leave it up to the states. That's the thinking that supported the Confederacy.)
I wrote this in 2018. slate.com/news-and-polit…
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I wrote this in 2018. slate.com/news-and-polit…
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That's because I fully accept that my job on social media is to put out never-ending forest fires with a squirt gun.
Don't worry. I work on my writing and take lots of mental health breaks.
(If a new follower got this far, start with my pinned tweet)
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Don't worry. I work on my writing and take lots of mental health breaks.
https://twitter.com/Lazydaze46/status/1466422490146783247
(If a new follower got this far, start with my pinned tweet)
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Picking up a few more Senators would have really helped.
A lot of people don't actually like democracy.
It's easy to see when candidates run on an anti-democratic platform and win.
The Confederacy was also anti-democratic and had a lot of support.
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A lot of people don't actually like democracy.
It's easy to see when candidates run on an anti-democratic platform and win.
The Confederacy was also anti-democratic and had a lot of support.
https://twitter.com/jpen98/status/1466424993265459205
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